3. The Producers

By TIME StaffFriday, Dec. 21, 2001

Perhaps you've heard of it? Mel Brooks' first crack at a Broadway musical looks like it will run forever. And maybe it deserves to. Of course, the 75-year-old amateur had help from some talented pros, especially director Susan Stroman, who serves up show stopper after show stopper, and Nathan Lane, a Max Bialystock even Zero Mostel would have loved.